Cotter vs Cooter - What's the difference?
cotter | cooter |
(mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
(informal) a cotter pin.
A freshwater tortoise of the eastern United States of the genus .
The box turtle.
(slang) A redneck.
(colloquial) vagina.
* 2006 , Tiva Wallon, A Donovan to Love (page 65)
As nouns the difference between cotter and cooter
is that cotter is (mechanical engineering) a pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together or cotter can be a peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage while cooter is a freshwater tortoise of the eastern united states of the genus or cooter can be (colloquial) vagina.As a verb cotter
is to fasten with a cotter.cotter
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
The terms cotter' and "cotter pin" are sometimes used interchangeably, although they have different functions. Basically a '''cotter''' holds parts together and a "cotter pin" holds the ' cotter in its place. For a more detailed explanation see Wikipedia articles on (cotter) and (cotter pin).Etymology 2
Equivalent to .Alternative forms
* cottarSynonyms
* (l) * (l)cooter
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia cooter)See also
* Cooter BrownEtymology 2
Compare cooch.Noun
(en noun)- There was a bright red tongue tattooed over most of her cooter and there was a thick, gold ring that had been pierced through her clit.